Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-09-02
HORSE GOSSIP.

In the second heat of her race at Cleve-
land the Wedgewood mare Favonia was
timed separately in 21G4. She got away
seventh, trotted the last half of her mile
in LOG, and was barely beaten by Astral
in 2:1S.
The stallion Guy Wilkes, 2:15lI, that
was deemed likely to beat the stallion rec
ord this year, has gone lame in one of his
| forward legs and will not be trained fur
ther.
The sales from the Fairfax stables
amounted to s27,390. There were II run
ners put under the hammer.
Ollie Woodward of Mystic Park has
sold the bay gelding Haspin to Henry w.
Putnam of New York for $4,000.
The old sbrood mare Compromise, by
Rysdyk's Hambletonlan, died recently in
New York, aged ~ She was the dam of
Result, 1925.
Sweepstakes, that made record of
2;24 IL at Boston this season, is deemed by
horsemen to be about the best of the get
of his sire, Kentucky Prince.
! The black mare Flash, 2:l91-2, by Bone
setter, 2:l9, has dropped a colt by Phallas,
2:l35i. This is one of the strongest com
blnalions of speed lines ON record.
The entries for both the Mystic and
| Beacon park races close on Thursday
Sept. |, which is the third day of the Hart
ford meeting.
| A match between J. w. Gordon's bay
gelding Clingstone, 2:l4 and G. +. Emerys
brown horse Patron, 2:l4l-2, will be trot-
| ted over the Cleveland Driving park on
Sept 10. The purse will probably be $4,000.
Mr.. Gordon will request Budd Doble to
drive Clingstone.
The brown gelding Rex, 2:221-2, well
known in Vermont, is acting anything
but well on the track just now. At the
Manchester, n H., meeting last week his
rnit finn lttrth np
behind continually and was the last horse
IN his race. Little Dick, now II years old,
has also got a customer in his class that is
too fast for him, viz: the roam trotter
Screwdriver. 1t looks rs if the days of
this successful pair were on the wane.
The two days races at Bedford, p. @,
last week were very successful. The first
race was the 2:30 class which was won
by Beauty with Pckwick second and
Tommy b. third The $50 class was won
by Young Ben Morrill, with Lizzie b.
second and Colossus third. The 4-year
old race was won by Silver Tail with
Topsy second and Starlight third. III
the district race Harry Clay won with
St Thomas Boy second The 240 class
race was very close and was won by
Mollie Stanton with Lolita Z. second and
| Charley X third. The open race was
the event of the day and was well con
tested, resulting Is follows: Chazy Maid
! l, IOllulS D. =, DeduIS D
At Freeport, ILL.,, Jay Eye See made a
mile In 2:l24 The day was untavorable
for speed and the track was only in fair
condition The feat under the circum
stances is regarded as marvellous.
A recent issue contained some exceeding
| ly complimentary remarks upon the well
known stallion Kentucky Wilkes. 1t may
not be generally known that Dr. w. b. Glib
| son Is the pOSsessOr of a very chOicely bred
| n X a. ur v
| Wilkes. She is by Black Cloud, 1913, son
of Mambrno Patchen, S. and full brother
10 Lady Stout, three years old, record 2:29
Nambrino Lime, the sire of Four Corners,
2;2S, and the sire of the dam OF Silverone,
2:243l, three years Old. aud Jeb Stewart,
the sire of Kitty Patchen, 2:2l 4, and
| Darkness, 2:27. Sunllght's dam is Preciosa
! by knickerbocker, POO, the sire of five in
the 230 list, out of Lady Vail (by Drew's
Ham bletonian) the dam of Ella Madden,
2;253l, and the latter the dam of Vernette,
2:2S. Sunlight is from producing ances-
tors, and is in foal to the gamest son of
the greatest producer.
Young Jim, by George Wilkes, has two
performers with records better than 2:20,
! Butterfly and Garnet.
j. j. Burke, who has acted with so
much satisfaction at various running
meetings during the past six years. has
! been engaged to ofiiciate at Mystic Park
races of September 90, 81, % and %. j. F.
Caldwell will be starter Purses and
stakes to the amount of $1,000 will be
given.
A bay gelding in j. j. Bowens string,
bred in Maine, got by Wicker (2:23), son
of Gen. Knox, dam by Gideon, son of
| Rysdyk's Hambletoniau, has shown a
halt in lib, with only three weeks of track
work.
A Rutland horseman who is well in
formed says that G.. NJ Sherman of Ciar-
endOn has III Col. Egbert one of the most
valuable horses in the State His breed
ing is the very best known, embracing
the Hambletonian, Mambrino Chief, Pilot,
Jr., and Morgan strains. He is a bay stall
lion, six years old, weighs $50 pounds and
Is probably the fastest stallion of his age
in that vicinity. Mr.. Sherman has two
two-year old colts sired by Col. Egbert,
both of which have great bone and muscu-
lar development. One of them, a mare,
recently, paced a quar- ter in 42j seconds
after very little handling.
The famous old stations Gen Knox and
Volunteer are on the brink of the grave.
Up to the first day of July no less than 80
horses had entered the . 30 list, a larger
number than during any period in any pre-
vious year,
The Manchester Driving Park association
contemplates holding a meeting early in
October at which colt races will be lead
ing feature 1t is proposed to have events
for yearlings two three and four year olds,
half-mile heats in the case of the first three
named and mile heats for the four year ODDS,
all New Hampshire bred colts
loretta F., whose record of go made
this season has called public attention to
her, is so gentle that Miss Pond, the daugh-
ter of her owner, has frequently driven the
big mare on the road
royalty bred colt is one recently foaled
III Tennessee, being by Pancoast, > 81 81,
dam Elvira q. Is ID as a four year old.
Elvlra III nd lition to her fast record, is a
full sister to Beatrice dam of Patron
john F.ilowar1 of Haverhill, Mass, has
a w likes tilly, eight weeks old, sired by
Riverside, by Mambrino Wilkes, dam a
fast pilot ir. pacing mare, that he says he
was offered $500 for when she was four
weeks old. He has named her Belle Wilkes,
Vermont Crops.
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